The Other Mrs.

The final section (or epilogue) bookends the novel along with its opening prologue. The family (minus Will) finally has its “fresh start” on the West Coast, in California. While many loose ends are left untied, the focus here is on the reintegration of Sadie’s alters and the healing of the family as a whole. Along with Female Resilience in the 21st-Century Thriller, healing plays a part here. The proverb “physician, heal thyself” (Luke 4:23) can be applied here: Sadie’s earlier inability or refusal to pursue treatment for her mental-health condition left her vulnerable to Will’s manipulation. The entire family needs to be healed; Imogen was traumatized by her mother’s suicide, and Otto and Tate suffered from their mother’s untreated condition and their father’s criminality and death.